Sarah Palin took the media and even President Barack Obama to task Thursday in a Thanksgiving message posted online.

In a written note on her Facebook page addressed to "all 57 states" — a jab at a gaffe Obama made on the campaign trail in May 2008 — Palin blasted the president and the media for what she viewed as his overtly positive coverage.

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"Of course, the paragraph above is based on a series of misstatements and verbal gaffes made by Barack Obama (I didn't have enough time to do one for Joe Biden)," wrote Palin on her Facebook page. "I have no complaint about that. Everybody makes the occasional verbal gaffe — even news anchors."

Palin was referring to a statement she made Wednesday on "The Glenn Beck Program" in which she said she accidentally referred to North Korea instead of South Korea.

"This speaks to a bigger picture here that certainly scares me in terms of our national security policy," Palin said on the air. "But obviously, we've gotta stand with our North Korean allies."

POLITICO was among the news organizations that reported on Palin's gaffe.

Palin's Facebook statement served as a warning shot to the media and to the White House. She has made it clear in the past several weeks that she is considering running for president, telling ABC that she could defeat Obama.

The gist of Palin's memo was that the media should apply even standards to candidates and their slip-ups.

"The one-word slip occurred yesterday during one of my seven back-to-back interviews wherein I was privileged to speak to the American public about the important, world-changing issues before us," wrote Palin. "If the media had bothered to actually listen to all of my remarks on Glenn Beck's radio show, they would have noticed that I refer to South Korea as our ally throughout, that I corrected myself seconds after my slip-of-the-tongue, and that I made it abundantly clear that pressure should be put on China to restrict energy exports to the North Korean regime."

That wasn't the only matter that Palin aired in her Thanksgiving Day note. She also accused the media of treating her unfairly.

She sounded the alarm over another "totally false hard news story" that she lobbied the producers of "Dancing With the Stars" to cast former Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell. Palin's daughter placed third this week in the prime-time contest.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2010 Governor Palin: A Thanksgiving Message to All 57 States

By Sheya

Via Facebook

My fellow Americans in all 57 states, the time has changed for come. With our country founded more than 20 centuries ago, we have much to celebrate – fromthe FBI’s 100 days to the reforms that bring greater inefficiencies to our health care system. We know that countries like Europe are willing to stand with us in our fight to halt the rise of privacy, and Israel is a strong friend of Israel’s. And let’s face it, everybody knows that it makes no sense that you send a kid to the emergency room for a treatable illness like asthma and they end up taking up a hospital bed. It costs, when, if you, they just gave, you gave them treatment early, and they got some treatment, and ah, a breathalyzer, or an inhalator. I mean, not a breathalyzer, ah, I don’t know what the term is in Austrian for that…

Of course, the paragraph above is based on a series of misstatements and verbal gaffes made by Barack Obama (I didn’t have enough time to do one for Joe Biden). YouTube links are provided just in case you doubt the accuracy of these all too human slips-of-the-tongue. If you can’t remember hearing about them, that’s because for the most part the media didn’t consider them newsworthy. I have no complaint about that. Everybody makes the occasional verbal gaffe – even news anchors.

Obviously, I would have been even more impressed if the media showed some consistency on this issue. Unfortunately, it seems they couldn’t resist the temptation to turn a simple one word slip-of-the-tongue of mine into a major political headline. The one word slip occurred yesterday during one of my seven back-to-back interviews wherein I was privileged to speak to the American public about the important, world-changing issues before us.

If the media had bothered to actually listen to all of my remarks on Glenn Beck’s radio show, they would have noticed that I refer to South Korea as our ally throughout, that I corrected myself seconds after my slip-of-the-tongue, and that I made it abundantly clear that pressure should be put on China to restrict energy exports to the North Korean regime. The media could even have done due diligence and checked my previous statements on the subject, which have always been consistent, and in fact even ahead of the curve. But why let the facts get in the way of a good story? (And for that matter, why not just make up stories out of thin air – like the totally false hard news story which has run for three days now reporting that I lobbied the producers of “Dancing with the Stars” to cast a former Senate candidate on their show. That lie is further clear proof that the media completely makes things up without doing even rudimentary fact-checking.)

“Hope springs eternal” as the poet says. Let’s hope that perhaps, just maybe, they might get it right next time. When we the people are effective in holding America’s free press accountable for responsible and truthful reporting, then we shall all have even more to be thankful for!

She makes a very valid point. It's remarkable to me how much the media seems to attack Sarah Palin when she's not even an elected official. It seems that there's such a seething hatred for this woman and she's done absolutely nothing wrong.

oh my God, Politico is as lazy as our dear leader, when they can't think of anything because they are on drugs they write Palin and all the libs go nuts. Go and fly a kite Toeplitz I think your name fits you just fine!

Okay, Sarah. We'll treat you fairly in the media. One thing you have to do. Either stop going on Fox News, or ask them to be truly "Fair and Balanced". Since I know neither will happen on this planet or dimension, the Shilla from Wasilla will keep appearing on Fox until she either gets her own show or is richer than Oprah.

The bitta quitta from wasilla, with a Thanksgiving message all about...herself! Self-involved much Sarah? You betcha! How's that whole quit your job and stick to friendly media thing working out for you?

The bitta quitta from wasilla, with a Thanksgiving message all about...herself! Self-involved much Sarah? You betcha! How's that whole quit your job and stick to friendly media thing working out for you?

I don't get it. Liberals act like she stole your "precious"... I'm not particularly a huge Sarah Palin fan, but it scares me how much blind hatred some of you Liberals have for someone you've never met. I don't like Obama's policies at all, however I don't hold any emotional disdain for the man himself. How do you get so emotionally tainted by a single person? Is she really that threatening?

Almost as much fun as watching the mental gymnastics you righties have to perform in order to avoid calling a spade a spade. sara is foolish and immature and will never hold elective office higher than dog catcher, have fun with that I will.